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Warrington, Lancashire [6]

Wigan, Lancashire [6]

Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Williamstown Victoria [3]

East Claydon, Buckinghamshire [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Preston Lancashire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Adelong New South Wales [1]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Blackburn England [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire, England [1]

Eatonsville New South Wales [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Gippsland Victoria [1]

Gorton [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Heeley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Hindley, Lancashire [1]

Horwich Bolton Lancashire [1]

Hove, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Kent England [1]

King's Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Lancashire [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Lelves England [1]

Leyland [1]

Leyland, Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Manchester England [1]

Manchester, England [1]

Maryborough Victoria [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Nottingham England [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Onslow Queensland [1]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [388]

Gunner [41]

Driver [32]

Sapper [27]

Corporal [26]

Serjeant [19]

Lance Corporal [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Captain [11]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Bombardier [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Civilian [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Commander [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant Engineer [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Driver [1]

Private/Lance Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [56]

Labour Corps [51]

Royal Field Artillery [50]

Royal Engineers [43]

South Lancashire Regiment [36]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Lancashire Fusiliers [26]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26]

Army Service Corps [25]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Border Regiment [18]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

East Lancashire Regiment [14]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Tank Corps [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [569]

Royal Navy [40]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

Other Empire Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [694]

Contribution

Military Service [684]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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Place of birth

Warrington, Lancashire [6] Wigan, Lancashire [6] Bolton, Lancashire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Williamstown Victoria [3] East Claydon, Buckinghamshire [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Preston Lancashire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Adelong New South Wales [1] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Blackburn England [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Castleford, Yorkshire, England [1] Eatonsville New South Wales [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Gippsland Victoria [1] Gorton [1] Hackney, London [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hartlepool, Durham [1] Heeley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Hindley, Lancashire [1] Horwich Bolton Lancashire [1] Hove, Brighton, Sussex [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Kent England [1] King's Lynn, Norfolk [1] Lancashire [1] Lancashire England [1] Lelves England [1] Leyland [1] Leyland, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London, Middlesex [1] Manchester England [1] Manchester, England [1] Maryborough Victoria [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Nottingham England [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Onslow Queensland [1] Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [388] Gunner [41] Driver [32] Sapper [27] Corporal [26] Serjeant [19] Lance Corporal [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Captain [11] Pioneer [7] Acting Corporal [6] Bombardier [6] Lieutenant [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Civilian [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [2] Trooper [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Chaplain [1] Commander [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant Engineer [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Driver [1] Private/Lance Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [56] Labour Corps [51] Royal Field Artillery [50] Royal Engineers [43] South Lancashire Regiment [36] Liverpool Regiment [29] Lancashire Fusiliers [26] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26] Army Service Corps [25] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Border Regiment [18] Cheshire Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps [18] East Lancashire Regiment [14] London Regiment [14] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Royal Fusiliers [11] Royal Lancaster Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Welsh Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Tank Corps [3] West Riding Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [569] Royal Navy [40] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31] Australian Imperial Force [25] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] Other Empire Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [694]

Contribution

Military Service [684] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Robert Higham

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 268887 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Frank Higham

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 242388 Lance Corporal West Riding Regiment 1/5th Bn.

British Army 11062 Private West Riding Regiment 8th Bn.

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Peter Higham

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 11906 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 11906 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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John William Higham

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119171

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Jonathan Higham

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302708

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Edward Higham

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 7000 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Stephen Higham

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161614

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H John Brunt Higham

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268359

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Walter Higham

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 23808 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion.

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William Higham

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91036

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Edward Higham

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281681

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Thomas Higham

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120403

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Frank Higham

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 48841 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Percy E Higham

Died 1918

British Army G/21901 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/21901 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Robert Higham

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 266475 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 266475 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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George Septimus Higham

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 8043 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John William Higham

Born 1876

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13387

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13387 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Higham

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235096

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William Higham

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268716

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Robert Thomas Higham

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278331

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